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absolutely absolutely we have we know as for example you don't only america to get. you don't get brownie points for behaving decently when there's a humanitarian crisis every country in the world does what he can when there's a tsunami or an earthquake or some natural disaster america is the richest country in the world so yes it would do. about the weather celerity this is a. thing america is the only one who can actually do that kind of thing george go ahead you know you do not see what's going to go that isn't true i mean the many countries in many countries do that and as a matter of fact when it comes to foreign aid and humanitarian assistance america's record is actually very poor as a percentage of g.d.p. european countries contribute far more than the united states so if you're just going to do it in terms of a force for good america's record on that level is much worse than that of the european states but even leaving aside the question of the humanitarian assistance i mean you've got to consider well. what about the geo political agenda and that is where m
absolutely absolutely we have we know as for example you don't only america to get. you don't get brownie points for behaving decently when there's a humanitarian crisis every country in the world does what he can when there's a tsunami or an earthquake or some natural disaster america is the richest country in the world so yes it would do. about the weather celerity this is a. thing america is the only one who can actually do that kind of thing george go ahead you know you do not see what's...
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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter logo is the united states of america a force for good in the world with the largest economy and an unmatched military critics claim washington's defined geopolitical interests always trump its loudly proclaimed values friends of washington are given a free pass and it means real or imagined to be destroyed and replaced. to process whether the united states is a force for good i'm joined by george samuel in new york he is a fellow at the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and in washington we cross to bruce stokes he is the director of global economic attitudes at the pew research center all right gentlemen it's just the three of us crosstalk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want and i really encourage it george the broad question is the united states a force for good in the world today. no i don't really think so. if we think of the post cold warrior of the began since one thousand eight hundred nine which would also call the uni polar air of american global headroom an a i think
hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter logo is the united states of america a force for good in the world with the largest economy and an unmatched military critics claim washington's defined geopolitical interests always trump its loudly proclaimed values friends of washington are given a free pass and it means real or imagined to be destroyed and replaced. to process whether the united states is a force for good i'm joined by george samuel in new york he is...
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backyard it's america's backyard. there's a very good barrier but china has already had this strategy called to launch the west much west they're going to go from there west. to bet towards me to used that long term strategy so call it but they're just still debating strategy i think chas interests market interests. they're very different china clearly was to have a socialist. ideas socialist ideology with the chinese kirk terroristic acts. that certainly put into the ideology war almost like war. i don't see how you. can is this a compromise that ok you know also the made it clear what kind of socialism are you going to tell you that. yeah this socialism if you read. political report made it clear that in principle carrying it out of g ideology of marxism that's number what that common idea of socialist ideology of number two. is some number three and those are. socialist leader of workers violating workers' rights well i don't think you call your social rights all right gentlemen i don't think most people think of c
backyard it's america's backyard. there's a very good barrier but china has already had this strategy called to launch the west much west they're going to go from there west. to bet towards me to used that long term strategy so call it but they're just still debating strategy i think chas interests market interests. they're very different china clearly was to have a socialist. ideas socialist ideology with the chinese kirk terroristic acts. that certainly put into the ideology war almost like...
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to address thing america is the only one who can actually do that kind of thing george go ahead you do not see what's going to show that isn't true i mean the many countries many countries do that and as a matter of fact when it comes to foreign aid and humanitarian assistance america's record is actually very poor as a percentage of g.d.p. or european countries contribute far more than the united states so if you're just going to do it in terms of a force for good america's recall on that level is much worse than that of the european states but even leaving aside the question of the humanitarian assistance i mean you've got to consider well what about the geo political agenda and that is where many people in the world do have very serious problems and it's precisely the elites. you have kind of being disparaging about the elites but it is the elites who are in many countries that actually follow us dictates against the wishes of these people i mean when we think of all of the recent wars were we thinking of the invasion of iraq where with away thinking of the bombing of libya when we
to address thing america is the only one who can actually do that kind of thing george go ahead you do not see what's going to show that isn't true i mean the many countries many countries do that and as a matter of fact when it comes to foreign aid and humanitarian assistance america's record is actually very poor as a percentage of g.d.p. or european countries contribute far more than the united states so if you're just going to do it in terms of a force for good america's recall on that...
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america and south america today . let me rephrase that these the obama when he was elected the first time around there was a lot of hope that he will bring to bring a new kind of dog or how to do it like in america a spartan ops as equals fortunately this wasn't the case. with obama the obama presidency they were actually brought up as some kind of dog train like j.f.k. had dogged alliance for progress or. good neighbor policy so going to have been some interesting regarding cuba. colombia panama brasil the usual suspects really but obama. never had some kind of a concrete ideology or be shown how to do little america fortunately i am going to alex i mean why is the case because of the wars in the middle east i mean just that the administration had too much on its plate is that the reasoning are things we will take you had you had the war in iraq and afghanistan you had the us economy obama also trying to reset reset he was so famously called the relation of the russia so i think america was not at best of second impo
america and south america today . let me rephrase that these the obama when he was elected the first time around there was a lot of hope that he will bring to bring a new kind of dog or how to do it like in america a spartan ops as equals fortunately this wasn't the case. with obama the obama presidency they were actually brought up as some kind of dog train like j.f.k. had dogged alliance for progress or. good neighbor policy so going to have been some interesting regarding cuba. colombia...
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while america is not going to be embarrassed repeating the actions of iraq ten years ago america did that times and times before and they are going to repeat it again now they're looking for a pretext for war that they're absolutely convinced that chemical weapons have been used by the syrian government they're not even interested in the results of the of the inquiry by the u.n. commission in fact mr kerry said that. they're not interested in the results because they have made their own judgments so they've made up their mind it seems that what they want is. employed force towards syria because clearly that this move is because of the advancement the syrian army has been making on the ground and american administration seems to me seems to be rather hysterical about the fact that calculations have proven to be completely wrong from day one in the syrian crisis well you know michael can michael you know they've been wrong from day one you just keep getting it wrong right i mean this is insanity. well they've they've been wrong from the very beginning. syria i mean we withdrew our amba
while america is not going to be embarrassed repeating the actions of iraq ten years ago america did that times and times before and they are going to repeat it again now they're looking for a pretext for war that they're absolutely convinced that chemical weapons have been used by the syrian government they're not even interested in the results of the of the inquiry by the u.n. commission in fact mr kerry said that. they're not interested in the results because they have made their own...
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obama is looking for justice and threatening to bomb syria no it's about president of united states of america and mash in his own web because he was reckless enough to be clear red line without sinking about the consequences and we're not talking about pulau or some island in the middle of the pacific who talk about the middle east so now he's backed into a. he doesn't know what to do he's clueless my best sources and stephen maybe you can confirm that in new york and in wall street they tell me he's completely clueless he's surrounded by a bunch an absolute idiots some months i got the power in the u.n. which by the way she was absolutely enraged because the russian and the chinese ambassador walked out of the p five meeting when they were discussing the british resolution to start a war against syria valerie jarrett susan rice absolute made the artist he doesn't have a clue he doesn't know what to do so now he's trying to even try to wiggle out and find an exit strategy that does not include he is a humanitarian so mohawk war look this is tragic comedy more tragic than comedy ok so even tha
obama is looking for justice and threatening to bomb syria no it's about president of united states of america and mash in his own web because he was reckless enough to be clear red line without sinking about the consequences and we're not talking about pulau or some island in the middle of the pacific who talk about the middle east so now he's backed into a. he doesn't know what to do he's clueless my best sources and stephen maybe you can confirm that in new york and in wall street they tell...
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i just wanted to say that the complicated relationship that we have of those countries but also america's own hypocrisy with civil liberties particularly regarding guantanamo bay and war on terror is well documented but i think it's worth reminding that we're speaking about religious minorities and in the united states the protections of minority religious rights is better than any country in the middle east i think that's worth taking account of you know if we really want to have a discussion please don't compare the usa to the middle east usa is the superpower . third world country sure better that them that doesn't make you good. you know i think just because you're not perfect doesn't mean that criticism can be leveled i wasn't trying to save you know the united states was a perfect country but to say that because the united states doesn't have a perfect civil liberties records and therefore shouldn't be involved in the sort of discussion seems a little silly to me ok michael do you want to jump in go ahead. sure sure i from what i've seen from my recent travels is there and i've had
i just wanted to say that the complicated relationship that we have of those countries but also america's own hypocrisy with civil liberties particularly regarding guantanamo bay and war on terror is well documented but i think it's worth reminding that we're speaking about religious minorities and in the united states the protections of minority religious rights is better than any country in the middle east i think that's worth taking account of you know if we really want to have a discussion...
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a low in welcome across or all things considered i'm peter lavelle rising china and a pivoting america according to a recent white paper china's military establishment is carefully watching and becoming very concerned over washington strategic planning in the pacific ocean the americans say their pivot is a natural reallocation of resources the chinese see it as a regional policy of containment. across the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by neil gupta in washington he is a professor of strategy and globalization at the university of maryland and c. odd also in washington we have matthew venza he is an associate editor of the china channel at the atlantic and in boston we cross to john walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america gentlemen cross-talk rosen a fact that means you can jump in anytime you want john if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next
a low in welcome across or all things considered i'm peter lavelle rising china and a pivoting america according to a recent white paper china's military establishment is carefully watching and becoming very concerned over washington strategic planning in the pacific ocean the americans say their pivot is a natural reallocation of resources the chinese see it as a regional policy of containment. across the chinese defense concerns i'm joined by neil gupta in washington he is a professor of...
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welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle your mind we're discussing america its enemies mr snowden. ok steve i think it's quite sad that mr snowden had to end up in russia because he didn't want to end up here we don't know if he will be here for over a year he can stay for a year how do you think washington's going to respond because he's seen as a political refugee here and i'd like to point out that mr putin doesn't want to see this damage relations with the united states he's made that clear a number of occasions go ahead steve. well i would actually like to see what he alleged investigated fully investigated i may disagree with the way that he blew the whistle here but i think there is a lot of work to be done on the part of the congress and the government to reassure the united states the people the united states that nothing if arius is going on here i would like to see a full investigation i would support that and once again i have not against whistleblowers against whistleblowers doing things in the manner that manning and snowden did if they had don
welcome back to cross talk we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle your mind we're discussing america its enemies mr snowden. ok steve i think it's quite sad that mr snowden had to end up in russia because he didn't want to end up here we don't know if he will be here for over a year he can stay for a year how do you think washington's going to respond because he's seen as a political refugee here and i'd like to point out that mr putin doesn't want to see this damage relations with...
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walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want join if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next well i think there's little doubt about that because the united states secretary john kerry secretary of state says and others say that we the united states is sending sixty percent of a vast military armada to to the to the east asia the western pacific now they say the excuse given is there's more economic activity there so the u.s. needs to send troops. well down the street here there's a sale that i'm a small that there's a lot of economic activity do we need to send troops it is it is just an absurdity it's a nonsense as far as keeping the seas open there are no want to start and to close the seas china needs open seas for its development so that doesn't make sense i think that this i
walsh he is a contributor to counterpunch and antiwar dot com as well as a founding member of come home america right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want join if i go to you first in boston do you think that the chinese feel like this is a policy of containment we had containment during the cold war of the soviet union we have containment of iran now so china's next well i think there's little doubt about that because the united states secretary john...